Top of the Lake to air in Australia in March as first look trailer is also released

The Australian production company behind The King’s Speech has released the first public look at its highly anticipated first TV series, Top of the Lake.

The TV series is directed by Jane Campion and Garth Davis. Campion is best known for the film The Piano while Davis’s advertising work includes the Toohey’s ad Nocturnal Migration and branded piece Burn for Coca Cola.

Top of The Lake – which airs on pay TV channel UKTV on March 24 – has been executive produced by See-Saw Films’ Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.

Produced by Philippa Campbell of Escapade Pictures, the series was shot around New Zealand’s Queenstown and stars David Wenham, Madmen’s Elisabeth Moss, War Horse’s Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter, reuniting with Campion after The Piano.